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‘Playing Piano Is Fun’ is a keyboard tutor series for beginners. It is designed to meet the developmental needs of children as they journey through the wonderful world of music. The tunes are specially composed by Alice Chua, and are based on the characters and subjects from the classic stories of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. The literary experience is translated into the language of music with the intention of awakening the musical interests of children.’Playing Piano Is Fun’ is a novel approach developed through the author’s practical experience derived from teacher-pupil interaction. The large music font size captures the students’ attention and helps them to focus. Meanwhile, pages are left intentionally without pictures to encourage students to further express their creativity by providing illustrations for the songs themselves. New elements are introduced incrementally and are incorporated progressively. Teacher’s accompaniment is encouraged to enhance the musical experience, thus inspiring and motivating students. Some suggestions for the enhancement of the teaching elements can be found inside the front cover. In addition to playing piano, this series’ unique approach includes listening, singing, transposing, harmonising, improvising and composing at an early stage.
Pages include: Cheerful stickers simply for FUN as the series are called! 
1. Title page and copyright notices 2. Foreword 3. About the Author 4. Dedication 5. Contents 
Part One: 6. Space Notes in the Bass Clef 7. Stepping Up and Down The Looking-Glass 9. Skipping Up and Down The Looking-Glass 11. The Little Voice of Gnat 13. Rocking-Horse-Fly 15. Snap-Dragon-Fly 17. Bread-and-Butter-Fly 
Part Two: 18. Higher C, D, E, F & G on the Treble Clef 19. Tweedledum and Tweedledee 21. Tweedledum’s ‘Nohow!’ 22. Staccato 23. Tweedledee’s ‘Contrariwise!’ 25. Tweedledum’s White Rattle 
Part Three: 26. C, D, E, F & G on the Bass Clef 27. Music by Fiddles and Fiddle-Sticks 29. The Tricky Walrus 30. Repeat Sign 31. The Cheeky Carpenter 33. A Very Long Poem 
Part Four: Chords & Intervals 34. C & G7 Chords 35. Dancing Baby Oysters 37. Waltzing Baby Oysters 38. F Chord 39. Baby Oysters Cha-Cha-Cha 40. Intervals 41. Trotting Baby Oysters 
Part Five: Scales & Broken Chords 42. C Major 43. Scaling Up to Humpty Dumpty’s C House 44. Broken Chord of C Major 45. The Lion and the Unicorn 46. G Major 47. Scaling Up to Humpty Dumpty’s G House 48. Broken Chord of G Major 49. Messengers Haigha and Hatta 50. D Major 51. Scaling Up to Humpty Dumpty’s D House 52. Broken Chord of D Major 53. Ham-Sandwiches and Hay 54. F Major 55. Scaling Up to Humpty Dumpty’s F House 56. Broken Chord of F Major 57. Looking-Glass Cake 
Part Six: Concert Pieces 58. Shaking and Waking (Duet) 60. The King’s Memorandum Book (Duet) 62. Manuscript 
 
 
Pages: 64 (+stickers)Language: EnglishEditions: Rhythm MP